David Remnick -- b.10/29/1958Writer, Journalist, EditorBook Titles: Lenin's Tom: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire

James Rennell -- b.12/3/1742 d.3/29/1830 (87)Geographer, Oceanographer, Historian, EnglishMisc: The leading British geographer of his time. Rennell constructed the first nearly accurate map of India and published A Bengal Atlas (1779), a work important for British strategic and administrative interests.

James Ford Rhodes -- b.5/1/1848 d.1/22/1927 (78)HistorianMisc: businessman and historian, best known for his multivolume investigation of the antebellum, American Civil War, and Reconstruction periods of the United States' history.

David Ricardo -- b.4/19/1772 d.9/11/1823 (51)Theorist, Economist

Grantland Rice -- b.11/1/1880 d.7/13/1954 (73)Poet, Columnist, Sports WriterMisc: was named the 1924-25 Notre Dame backfield the "Four Horsemen," wrote "When the last Great Scorer comes/To mark against your name,/He'll write not "won" or "lost"/But how you played the game."

George A. Romero -- b.2/4/1940 N.S. d.7/16/2017 N.S. (77)Screen/Scriptwriter, Editor, Producer/Director, American, CanadianMovie Titles: Land of the Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Night of the Living Dead, Creepshow

Damon Runyon -- b.10/4/1880 d.12/10/1946 (66)Author, Dramatist/Playwright, Short Story Writer, Journalist, Sports WriterNames/Places: b. in Manhattan, KS; FN:AlfredMisc: musical: Guys and Dolls (based on two of his stories), The Brighter Side; in the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Hall of Fame